Author: Lingling Wei

Plus, China expands its navy and maps Taiwan’s seabeds, raising alarm, as economists question the country’s latest GDP figures.

Plus, Xinjiang goes from blacklisted to global trade hub, Xi’s purges echo Stalin’s, and Kim Jong Un makes a surprise trip to China.

Plus, export-driven growth rebounds, masking deepening economic problems that are creating a lost generation.

Plus, Beijing’s tepid recovery efforts, falling government bond yields and why China resists joining the developed world.

Plus, EU plans action against Chinese imports, Nike’s turnaround effort in China and a U.S. effort to loosen Beijing’s grip on critical minerals

Beijing pared back the schedule and insisted on private downtime for China’s 73-year-old leader.

Plus, a U.S.-China deal to reduce some tariffs, and making Chinese city hall weddings more glamorous amid a declining birthrate.

After getting heckled outside by protesters, Xi slipped inside the White House for a state dinner where some 30 to 40 guests asked for photographs.

The Chinese leader came to Washington looking for ways to sway Trump’s position on the island democracy.

The summit marks Xi Jinping‘s first visit to Washington in more than a decade, as the two leaders look to ease brewing tensions over the war in Iran, artificial intelligence and trade.

Plus, questions over the health of China’s leader and tensions over guardrails in the race to dominate AI.

The Chinese leader felt unwell at the recent Brics event in India, reviving worries over who would succeed him.